Custom

Specializing in Custom jewelry design, jewelry repair, jewelry refurbishing, ring sizing, watch repair, and gold buying. We have GIA certified bench jeweler, with close to 20 years of experience, on staff full time. We work with all precious metals including gold, platinum, and silver. We also have available, and work with all semi precious, and precious stones, including diamonds and popular colored gem stones. Our store provides very fast turn around on all jewelry repairs, and we guarantee our work for stone loss for one year.

Established in 2010.
Custom is a jewelry store 18 years in the making. It is the labor of love of Katie and Lee, whose meeting has made their common dream come true. Lee’s career started in 1993, at the age of 19, with Designs by Shirlee in Mathews, NC. Lee gained invaluable on-the-job training and was given the opportunity to study at the Holland school for jewelers. After 8 years, Lee’s thirst for further skill and knowledge, along with the generosity of his mom, made it possible for him to attend a 3 month course at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Fransisco, CA. Lee returned to Charlotte and has been a custom jeweler for the likes of Sumpter’s jewelry, Central Avenue Jewelry (who is also the owner of Metal and Stone Jewelry), Perry’s at Southpark, and Donald Haack Fine Jewelry. Lee has now been the head jeweler at Lions Jewelry in Southpark for nearly 10 years working on Items ranging from the inexpensive, but very sentimental, to the most intricate, half million dollar engagement rings.

Katie M.
Business Owner
Katie is a craftsperson. Since her mom nicknamed her “Hands” when she was a toddler, she has been making things. She has always wished for her very own store, where she could make things, and share them with other people. Her skills range from fiber arts (knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, etc.), to sculpting, culinary arts, bead work, sewing and beyond. As a jewelry artist, Katie has designed and made pieces for tribal bellydancers and brides. She has also designed a unique line of earrings for gauged piercings that will be available, made-to-order only at Custom. Katie is a jewelry designer and casual-wear jeweler for Custom. She looks forward, as Lee’s apprentice, to adding metalsmithing to her many talents.